by Tom | Jul 29, 2009 | Reading
Visualising visualisations. Just extraordinary on the basic and meta levels.
by Tom | Jul 29, 2009 | Science
Nice guesstimated video of what’s happened to the continents in the past and the future. Funny how spread out we are compared to most other times. Is that an anthropmorphic thing? NB Link now...
by Tom | Jul 28, 2009 | Business
Some nice McK articles on thinking coming out of the credit bubble deflating.There are power curves popping up across sectors and event types. We don’t really understand these kind of curves (lots of low impact / intensity events with the occasional shocker),...
by Tom | Jul 24, 2009 | Reading
Wiffy brought my attention to this article in the Indy. While the “think of something in terms of some other measurement” often is misguided, I found that the statements here did make me think.[Update: Information aesthetics links to some more in the same...
by Tom | Jul 24, 2009 | Reading
Funny to see two ex-Wazzers in my email on the same day. The boss, the left-a-long-time-ago.
by Tom | Jul 23, 2009 | Reading
Lovely Onion on how not to do PowerPoint. I liked the mini-logo bullet points. Shudder.
by Tom | Jul 23, 2009 | Science
I saw one from a plane once. It was extraordinary. Still is even in pictures.
by Tom | Jul 22, 2009 | Business
And in the Telegraph, too. House prices have to fall. Just think of the correction when interest rates get up to 4% (for example). For people paying on 0.5% now, that’s going to be an horrendous jump. Added to four-day working and suddenly people will have to...
by Tom | Jul 21, 2009 | Reading
Good old Daily Mash.
by Tom | Jul 21, 2009 | Science
Man stepped on the moon today in 1969. Back then, New Scientist said “it is really a matter of no greater moment than just peering into the high recesses of a trapeze act in the Big Top at a circus”. They have chanced their minds now.And I think this...
